KICK MESSAGE AUTH–02 / IDENTITY TRACE
AUTHENTICATION / VERIFICATION PATH INTERRUPTED
“Failed to verify username”
What happened
When you joined, the server asked the session services to confirm your identity, and that conversation failed. Possible causes include a stale client credential, degraded session services, DNS or routing trouble, a server/proxy/firewall fault, or a target-specific verification policy. The message does not identify which one.
DIAGNOSTIC ORDER / CHANGE ONE CONDITION AT A TIME
Your side, in order
- 01
Full restart: quit game and launcher, relaunch, rejoin. This often refreshes a stale credential.
- 02
Persisting? Sign out of the launcher, sign back in, launch, rejoin.
- 03
Still failing on several unrelated servers? Account/session-service trouble becomes more plausible. Check an attributable service report and retry later before changing software.
- 04
Failing on one server only while others work? The target’s verification path becomes more plausible, but route, DNS, firewall, or proxy differences can still matter. Record the exact time/message and tell its operator.